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Outlook Magazine - 21 November 2023
Experts believe that the Union government got worked up by the emergence of the new opposition coalition with the acronym INDIA, more so, as state elections were around the corner and the Lok Sabha elections in 2024. They tried to counter this alliance by suggesting “Bharat” as the country’s official name. Outlook examines the two issues emanating from this controversy: the “India, that is Bharat” discourse and the ongoing elections in five states.
While it is premature to predict the INDIA alliance’s success in shaping the political narrative of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, experts believe the Opposition has finally been able to set the tone, a first since 2014.
Since the days of Mahatma Gandhi, a true leader in India has been considered to be an embodiment of three quintessential features—asceticism, sacrifice, and celibacy
India’s experience with rainbow coalition governments is bad, which is why the INDIA bloc has to work harder for voter confidence
The BJP’s dream of ruling India for the next 50 years will be punctured by a diverse and powerful people’s movement
Rajasthan’s electoral discourse has always been about the twin phenomena of caste and community politics. Would this election be any different?
Government job aspirants lament that the current BRS government, which gained power with the support of the youth, has disappointed them
Chhattisgarh’s ‘shikashadoots’ —volunteer teachers— have played a key role in integrating children back into the education system, but don’t have permanent employment. Besides lack of regularisation, they are also targeted by Maoists who often see them as government informers.
Media investigations found that in the new NCERT books, content pertaining to Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination was dropped. Key portions and sentences from chapters on Mughal courts, the caste system and the 2002 Gujarat riots were also removed.
We examine the two issues emanating from this controversy: the “India, that is Bharat” discourse, and more importantly, the ongoing elections in five states.
While it is premature to predict the INDIA alliance’s success in shaping the political narrative of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, experts believe the Opposition has finally been able to set the tone, a first since 2014.
Since the days of Mahatma Gandhi, a true leader in India has been considered to be an embodiment of three quintessential features—asceticism, sacrifice, and celibacy
India’s experience with rainbow coalition governments is bad, which is why the INDIA bloc has to work harder for voter confidence
The BJP’s dream of ruling India for the next 50 years will be punctured by a diverse and powerful people’s movement
Rajasthan’s electoral discourse has always been about the twin phenomena of caste and community politics. Would this election be any different?
Government job aspirants lament that the current BRS government, which gained power with the support of the youth, has disappointed them
Chhattisgarh’s ‘shikashadoots’ —volunteer teachers— have played a key role in integrating children back into the education system, but don’t have permanent employment. Besides lack of regularisation, they are also targeted by Maoists who often see them as government informers.
Media investigations found that in the new NCERT books, content pertaining to Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination was dropped. Key portions and sentences from chapters on Mughal courts, the caste system and the 2002 Gujarat riots were also removed.
We examine the two issues emanating from this controversy: the “India, that is Bharat” discourse, and more importantly, the ongoing elections in five states.
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Jhabua, commonly known as the Adivasi capital of the state, is the poorest of all in Madhya Pradesh with 49.6% people found to be multi-dimensionally poor. Among the top-ten poorest districts in the state, six have more than 70% Adivasi population.
In an exclusive interview with Outlook’s Abhik Bhattacharya, senior Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath said the Congress party is going to sweep through the state and there will be barely any chance of defection.
Chhavi Rajawat, the former sarpanch of Rajasthan’s Soda village, says her age and gender often led to ego wars and there were major roadblocks, but she persisted and eventually managed to garner the support of the people. It took around three years for people to accept her as a leader and stop using gendered-tinted language.
